Why so few K22's for sale?

[islandguy]

Hi all
Just wondering if its the same south of the border. Up here, in Canada, there are very few K22's on the market. I was lucky enough to find a very nice 17-6 a few weeks ago and snapped it up ($599 Cdn), but it was only one of 7 that I was able find for sale up here. Of those for sale, prices ranged from $500 for one in good condition to $795 for one in nearly new condition. What's it like in the US?
Islandguy (25% American, and damn proud of it)

 

[Gun 4 Fun]

Welcome to the forum!

I am seeing them fairly regularly, but they usually don't last too long. Prices seem to be running from $450-$700. Due to the ammo costs and shortages, they are currently a hot ticket.

Besides, who doesn't love a good K-22?

 

[wonderwolf]

I've seen them in the past two months from $425US on up. Almost went for the one I saw for $425 but I already had one K22 and have been looking for a full underlug 17

 

[islandguy]

$425 US, even with the exchange would be a great deal. I'd buy a dozen at that price just as an investment. Mine is a 17-6, 6" bbl, full underlug. Its an incredibly accurate pistol, and I love shooting it. With the underlug, its like a super bull-barrel. Yesterday, one of the guys watching me shoot at the range commented that the end of the barrel didn't seem to move at all when I was sighting on the target. Believe me, its all the gun, not me.
Islandguy

 

[Jimmymac46]

Why so few K-22's for sale? IMO, once you own one there would be no logical reason to ever part with it. They are quality, reliable, accurate, soft shooting, practical, beautiful, cheap to shoot, collectible, valuable.......enough said.

 

[Sportsterguy]

Why so few K-22's for sale? IMO, once you own one there would be no logical reason to ever part with it. They are quality, reliable, accurate, soft shooting, practical, beautiful, cheap to shoot, collectible, valuable.......enough said.

I agree 100% !

 

[stevieboy]

Either a 17 or a 617 is a must have for most shooters. It's the ideal practice gun because in weight and feel it duplicates Smith's mid-size centerfire revolvers. It is cheap to operate and brilliantly accurate. I've bought and sold guns over the years but I'll never sell my 617-1. The price of these guns and their relative scarcity is purely and simply a question of supply and demand.

 

[ab4ka]

every one I see disappears in a hurry, and even those are rare. When I went looking for a new 617 last weekend, there was exactly one place in the area that had one (they actually had two) and I jumped on it.

 

[mtscout]

Just curious, does anyone know how many 617-6's were produced by SW in 2009?
Some one posted earlier that they may be collectible.

 

[fyimo]

As Tim said it's because of ammo shortages and higher prices of pistol ammo so people have started shooting 22LR pistols again. Once you buy one and see how much fun it is shooting them you are hooked and a fun ride.

 

[jkingrph]

Why so few K-22's for sale? IMO, once you own one there would be no logical reason to ever part with it. They are quality, reliable, accurate, soft shooting, practical, beautiful, cheap to shoot, collectible, valuable.......enough said.

Cannot argue with that, I purchased mine in 1969 and someday my son can have it. I remember paying $75 for it out thee door. I was a new 2 Lt in the USAF and wish I could have afforded to buy more but could not. It made a nice companion to the K-38 I had bought when I finished college. At my next base one of the AP NCO's got me a couple of sets of the large Magna grips that they still wear today.

 

[wonderwolf]

Local gun show this weekend had a total of 6 (I kept track thinking of this thread) they were all hovering around the low to mid $400, one table had 3 one of which was a pre war I think.

 

[StingrayG4]

A used S&W .22 is hard to find, at least it was for me. I just managed to track down a really nice 617 and was very happy to have found it.

-S